KJV King James Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
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Psalm 72:3
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
WEB World English Bible
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
ASV American Standard Version
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The mountains bear peace to the people, And the heights by righteousness.
Surrounding context — Psalm 72
1 [A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.
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Isaiah 52:7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.Psalm 72:16There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.Psalm 98:8-9Let the floods clap [their] hands: let the hills be joyful togetherJoel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.Ezekiel 34:13-14And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.2 Corinthians 5:19-21To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.Isaiah 32:16-17Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.Psalm 85:10-11Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].Psalm 96:11-13Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.Psalm 65:12They drop [upon] the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
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